Norma Watts

A Memorial Service will be scheduled at a later date for Norma Jane Watts of Artesia, New Mexico.

Mrs. Watts, 79, died Sunday, July 26, 2015 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas.

Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening and Son Mortuary.

Jane was born January 21, 1936 in Breckenridge, Texas; the daughter of Charles Miller and Lorraine (Glass) Miller. She was a longtime resident of the Dunken and Pinon area.

On June 6, 1954 she was married to Sonny Watts in Artesia.

She was a housewife and a member of First Christian Church, The Cowbell's, Altrusa, N.M. Wool Growers Association, past president of the Women's Wool Growers Association, Good Samaritan Helpers Club and the Pinon Extension Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Linda McCarthy and a grandson Chad Hathorn.

Survivors include her husband Sonny Watts of Artesia; daughters Mittie Runyan and husband Mel of Artesia and Mendy Hathorn and husband Randy of Lubbock, Texas; sister Patsy Miller of Houston, Texas; grandchildren Mandy Norman, Geoffrey Hathorn, Mattie Henson, and Marlee Runyan; great-grandchildren Logan Hathorn, Braxton Norman and Madison Hathorn; step-great-grandchildren Morgan Norman, Brooke Norman, Tyler Henson, Payton Henson and Lauren Henson; and a step-great-great-granchild Joselyn Henson.

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